onsdag 13. april 2011

Two colours?Whatare we goingto do now,Ithought.OK the worldaroundusisfullofcolorsandthere aregenerallymanymorethantwocolorstogether.Iwouldnottakeapictureof averytrivialthing.Aftersomethoughtsaboutcolors, I cameto the conclusion thatmakeupis thegirls'best friendand that make-upis one ofthemost colourfulandbodynear things you canusetoexpressastyle, a feeling,aquietrevolutionagainstthe standardin a society. Without make-up abimbogirlandarockgirl are prettysimilarbutgettingthecoloronyou can seewhotheyare,whatthey feelandhow theyrelateto society.

søndag 10. april 2011

This week the challenge was from Geir: "The house with the strange things inside". In each house there must be something you are particularly proud of, maybe not so proud of or just think is fun to have ... and maybe you don't find it in every other house. I immediately thought of the old violin that I own. This is both an object with a soul, a history and is very honourfull. Simply something to be proud of.

I inherited this violin from my mother the day I got married. She knew that I wished to own it such a long time. Throughout my childhood, this violin hang on the wall in the living room and it made me hurt since it is a sure death to an instrument to hang on a wall. The violin is from the grandmother who in turn inherited it from her mother, my great-grandmother. For my great-grandmother, it was a gift from her husband who bought it on the flea market. Inside the violin is a note from the person who built it. The violin was built by Bartholomeus Kärner in Mittenwald an der Iser, Germany in the year 1777. So this year it celebrates its 234 birthday. I showed it to specialists and it is authentic. In the year that the violin was built was W.A. Mozart 27 years old, France acknowledged as the first country in the world the United States as a sovereign state. The American Civil War ravaged America then. Napoleon Bonaparte's wife was born and James Cook discovered the Comoros ... I am incredibly proud to own this violin and when I'm home alone, it makes music. My goal is to play better and better on it each time I try to play. I am originally an oboist but I do love the sound of this instrument so much...